“I’m glad I live in chutz laaretz. Being that how can a person feel the Tom tov kedusha when 6 out of 7 days a person is allowed to do melacha.”
I guess you have never been to E”Y for a chag. Everywhere you go, people are walking around in shabbos clothing, chasidim in shtreimlach, spending time with family, visits to kosel (lulav and esrog in hand) special seudos, simchas beis hashoevas every night (on sukkos, obviously). Geula, usually a very busy shopping district, is quiet- stores are closed, there is a feeling of yom tov everywhere. It’s not strange to take off work or school for all of chol hamoed. Stores are stocked with chag-related items, even the bus drivers will wish you chag sameach. In chutz L’aaretz you need the extra day to achieve what comes naturally in Eretz Yisroel.